US race body manufacturer SuperRad Competition Bodyshells has released a new 1:12 LMP Body recommended for 13.5 and 17.5 use, the SR-06. The new body offers the most stability and turn-in of all their LMP bodies. The ROAR approved body is available in XtraSuperLite .010”, SuperLite .015” and Lite .020” polycarbonate and includes headlight decal sheet and window mask.
Schumacher’s Broc Champlin and Team Associated’s Spencer Rivkin are the buggy Top Qualifiers at the 2023 ROAR 1:10 Offroad Nationals which are being hosted by HobbyTown Columbus in Georgia. In 2WD, Champlin dominated Friday’s opening day of qualifying topping the two rounds on the schedule with his LRP powered LD2. The first of Saturday’s qualifiers would go to World Champion Spencer Rivkin as Champlin ended up P5. With two from four to count it was all to play for for Rivkin but TLR’s defending ROAR 2WD Champion Dakotah Phend would lay down the fastest run of the four in the final round just ahead of Champlin to secure second on the grid. Only P6 for the round, Rivkin will line-up third on the grid. In 4WD, it would also be Champlin who kicked off qualifying at the top of the time sheets. Q2 would see the Xray of Chase Lemieux put in a TQ run before defending 4WD Champion Rivkin became the third different driver to hit the top spot. It all came down to Q4 with Champlin looking on target for the double but over the final 2 laps Rivkin edged in front to take the round by 3/10ths of a second and the overall TQ for tomorrow. Champlin starts 2nd followed by Lemieux, Tater Sontag, Dustin Evans and Phend.
Image: JConcepts [jconcepts.net]
Toni Gruber is the Top Qualifier at the second round of the ENS in the Netherlands. After a dominant performance on Friday when the Capricorn/Ielasi Tuned driver topped all three qualifiers, unfortunately Saturday morning rain forced the cancellation of the remaining two qualifiers at the Apeldoorn track. Top Qualifier at the season opening in Ettlingen, Germany, and at the recent European Championships in Portugal, Gruber will start Sunday’s scheduled 45-minute final on pole from Infinity’s Jilles Groskamp. The Dutch driver was the closest challenger to his German rival setting the second fastest time in each of the three rounds of heats. Capricorn’s Dominic Greiner, winner of the season opener in May, completes the Top 3 ahead of Shepherd’s Lars Hoppe counting a P3 and P4 run as his best two rounds. In 1:10, Infinity driver Milan Holthuis secured the TQ ahead of Round 1 Top Qualifier & winner Melvin Diekmann with Tim Benson set to line up 3rd on the grid.
Image: Toni Gruber [Facebook]
Serpent is now offering a version of their successful Serpent SRX8 GTE 1:8 GT chassis as a pre-assembled and factory pre-set LWB chassis with pre-mounted GT tyres. For the new SRX8GTE LWB Raceroller, Serpent has extended the chassis an additional 29mm for use with all true to scale related RC bodies. This durable GT chassis allows a great entry in the racing scene, at a lower cost, and will make you finish your races. Featuring 4-wheel-drive with cardan shafts, 2 geardiffs, solid center axle, 16mm bigbore shocks, aluminium shocktower and chassis and easy radiobox, it is fully upgradable with parts and options from the high end race-version. The parts that are needed to run the car are a bodyshell, esc, motor, servo and battery.
JConcepts has released its latest ‘tucked’ body intended for 1:10 RC crawlers, the 1989 Ford F-150 “cab only” for the Traxxas TRX-4 Sport, Enduro, Axial, Vanquish 12.3″ wheelbase. Officially licensed by Ford to JConcepts, when called upon, the Florida company’s design team steps up to the plate with licensed designs, clever takes, and innovative approaches to the Golden era of pick-up trucks. This 1989 Ford F-150 “cab only” for scale RC trucks is a bit new but carries a tradition of classic looks while maintaining performance. The body is intended for 12.3” wheelbase builds and fits a large assortment of vehicles on the market to satisfy a genre.
American RC wiring and cables specialists Donathen RC has introduced a new Glowplug Ignitor charge lead. Available in a choice of colours the lead is designed to charge your NICD/NIMH glow plug ignitor. Handcrafted to order in the USA, the leads have a variety of unique features including choice of length, choice of charger connector and are made with dual wall adhesive heat shrink for durability.
HoBao has released it’s latest kit for the popular 1:8 GT category, the nitro powered Hyper GT2. Based on a 3mm lightweight hard anodised aluminium chassis the car features Turnbuckles/All Balls/Pivot Balls/Rear Hubs/Steering Rack all CNC’d from 7075 aluminium with hard anodised finish. The main new features of the GT2 are new anti-leakage differential housing, new CNC Alu Front Top Plate, new 4mm thick CNC alu front and rear shock towers and a new CNC alu clutch shoe with 1.1mm clutch spring.
New from Yokomo is this multi-stand that makes effective use of pit space and can be used for machine storage, charger installation, etc. This simple assembled stand made of resin can be compactly stored when transporting, quickly assembled when setting up in the pit, and is an item that allows systematic use of the table top. The assembled structure and high-strength resin make it robust enough to hold a machine weighing about 2 kg without shaking. The panel is printed with the Yokomo logo, making it stand out even more as a machine display stand.
